Auburn Historic Properties

a research and reference project from the city of auburn, ny

Property Detail

180 South St. Rd.

6/11/1990: Donald Norris & Hazel Newart - A. M. E. Zion Church

Description:

Record Type: County DeedBook: 809
Page: 250

Associated Images

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1940 Photo taken/collected by Jane Searing. Courtesy of the Hazard Library, Poplar Ridge. This is Harriet Tubman's actual residence, built in 1882 by husband Nelson Davis after her original frame structure burned earlier that year.

1940 Photo taken/collected by Jane Searing. Courtesy of the Hazard Library, Poplar Ridge. This is the Home for the Aged where Tubman cared for many poor and indigent people from Cayuga County. Previous accounts labelled this as her residence which is know disproved by current research of the firm of Crawford & Stearns, who are now undergoing restoration of the residence building.